Search results for "Schools of Buddhism" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... The ruins of the monastery are located about 55 miles south east of ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- Giles: Shen-hsiu; Japanese: Jinshū) was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist ... of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- quot; or "blowing out" of the triple fires of greed, ... from the Samyutta Nikaya (a scripture of Buddhism), which describes ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- His name means "Voice of the Buddha" in the Pāli language ... as the most important commentator of the Theravada. Hinüber, 1996 ...14 KB (1,973 words) - 17:39, 30 April 2020
- The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination ... Beginning in the seventh century, two major schools of Buddhism developed ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins ... what would become one of the largest schools of Buddhism, the Rinzai school of Zen. ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions ... Buddhist metaphysics. Common to all Schools of Buddhism, it states that phenomena ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- Vajrayana Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Esoteric ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- ancient philosophical and ascetic movement of the Indian subcontinent. Philosophically ... The Ajivikas believed that transmigration of the human soul was determined ...6 KB (943 words) - 05:13, 30 April 2021
- and discipline arising from confluences of Bonpo, Mahasidda, Nyingmapa ... In Tibet, Dampa Sangye is known as the Father of Chod and Machig Labdron ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- Body) is a central concept in Mahayana Buddhism forming part of the Trikaya ... lead beings to their salvation. This aspect of Buddha is the Dharmakaya. The ...13 KB (2,027 words) - 10:18, 29 January 2024
- Shingon Buddhism (眞言, 真言 "true words") is a major ... The teachings of Shingon are based on esoteric Vajrayana texts, the ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- Buddhist teacher, philosopher, and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan ... His major work, Shobogenzo (literally, "Treasury of the True ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- founded the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahāyāna (Great Vehicle) ... major influence not only on the development of Mahayana Buddhist thought, ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its ... Korean Buddhism today consists mostly of the Seon lineage. Seon has ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- The Hwarang denotes a military society of expert Buddhist warriors ... The allure of the Hwarang warrior derives from the sense of a righteous ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- In the religions of India, Maya (Sanskrit māyā, from mā "not ... : This great magic-work (maya) of renowned spiritual Varuna will I ...13 KB (2,085 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- Hasshōdō) is the concise summary of the early Buddhist path of ... Specifically, the Noble Eightfold Path consists of the following eight ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- a person, community, tradition, or locus of inspiration. The object of ... 'loyalty' to a particular view of divinity, allegiance to a particular ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
